Overview
- Da Silva was arrested in Yatytay Bonanza on Sunday in a joint operation by Misiones police and Paraguay’s Military Police.
- The weeklong flight followed a power outage at Unidad Penal VII in Puerto Rico, where he used the blackout to scale the perimeter wall.
- An international alert with identifying details—including a height of 1.72 meters and an eagle tattoo—guided the search, with an undercover Misiones agent liaising directly with Paraguayan personnel.
- Nine penitentiary officials who were on duty the night of the escape were removed from their posts pending internal investigations.
- Held since 2020 for killing his stepmother, he lacks a final sentence after a provincial high court ordered the initial femicide life term be revised to aggravated homicide, and authorities are preparing extradition or transfer steps.